She couldn't fault the man's logic, he was perilously close to the truth of the matter. Chris was extraordinary, wonderfully so, if the gemstone thrumming against her slippery, midnight-dark labia had any say in the matter. His link to the Old Gods couldn't be uncovered, not before he was firmly and undeniably hers.
They would undoubtedly try to take him from her then. Disconcerting as that thought was, she smiled. Let them try, she doubted very much the dragon would put up with such political interference in his life ever again. It would be fun to watch him dismantle a few other self-important busybodies. House Lefayd had not fared well at all. That was an overindulgent fantasy though, she really was trying to steer them down a more temperate, long-term path after all.
"Peace, Lords and
